Vladimir Laxa

Vladimir Laxa (21 January 1870-1945) was a general of the Independent State of Croatia during World War II.

Biography
Vladimir Laxa was born on 21 January 1870 in Sisak, Croatia and Slavonia in Austria-Hungary. In 1890, he was commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian Army and commanded the Austro-Hungarian 18th Mountain Brigade during World War I, fighting at the Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo before joining the military of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the Interwar Years. Laxa became second-in-command of the Chief of Staff of the Independent State of Croatia's army during World War II, and he took part in operations against Yugoslav Partisans under Josip Broz Tito. In August 1942, Slavko Kvaternik removed him from command and forced him to retire, and he was executed by firing squad by Yugoslavia in 1945.